Online therapy for teen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Online therapy has helped for my teenager.
They went to Choice Clinical Services in College Park before they started working with a LCSW in private practice.

One of the big benefits of tele-health is that they can take the appointment during school hours in their school counselors office rather than have to be picked up early etc and miss a lot of instructional time.
My DCs appointment is scheduled over their lunch period so they only miss 30 min of class rather than 2 hours +

I would add that my child wanted to go to therapy and work on their mental health. I can see how online therapy could be a waste of time for a kid who wasn't committed to it.

[Anonymous]

Look for someone who has both in person and virtual options. That way they can switch formats if they don’t like zoom. My college daughter loves the convenience of zoom but my son hated it and found in person more helpful. Psychology Today is a good resource for searching if you don’t have a name in mind. It’s hard to find good therapists who take insurance so I wouldn’t limit myself there. We had no luck in network. And it turned out that our insurance allowed us to get partially reimbursed out of network which brought the cost down. It might be worth checking with them.